Energy alternatives and collective ownership

A report about Sören Becker’s research and his visit to CURE in late 2015

Collaborative research in action at the ESRC Festival of Social Science

Read more about a recent workshop on ‘The University Living Lab & Collaborative Research’

The Consumer and Internal Energy Market Aspects of Energy Poverty – Workshop Report

We report on an energy poverty workshop that was hosted in Brussels last week by the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament.

Engaging Polish audiences with EVALUATE research in Gdansk

We continue our reports from recent stakeholder workshops held in the EVALUATE case study countries.

Workshop report: Fuel poverty and energy vulnerability in Europe

Harriet Thomson summarises the presentations and discussions that took place during a recent event on fuel poverty and energy vulnerability in Europe. The workshop was hosted in Manchester by the Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy and cities@manchester.

EVALUATE fieldwork in Hungary – an update

The EVALUATE team has been undertaking extensive fieldwork activities across Eastern and Central Europe over the past few months. In the first of four updates on this process, we report on the context and nature of our work in Hungary.

CHARISMA workshop report: Community retrofit for housing professionals

Jenni Cauvain, a team member of the CHARISMA project reflects on the current issues related to community retrofit and social housing in Greater Manchester, which were debated at the recently organised workshop.

Panel Discussion – Beyond the ‘fracking’ polemic: Energy Futures and Vulnerability

A reminder for our forthcoming event …

EVENT project policy brief now available in English and Greek

The relationship between domestic energy vulnerability and economic austerity in Greece is discussed in a new policy document issued by a recently completed research project.

EVALUATE project presented at the 2014 Fuel Poverty Research Symposium

EVALUATE/CURE research associate Sergio Tirado Herrero recently participated in an international symposium in Belfast, with a video introducing the aim and context of some of our recent work, as well as key results and emerging ideas on the spatially-contingent and multi-scalar nature of domestic energy deprivation in Europe.